See Also: premunition(medicine)
premunition(dictionary)

premunition (iou)



premunition noun. LME.
[Latin praemunitio(n-) (in rhet. 'preparation'), from praemunire fortify or protect in front, from prae- PRE- + munire fortify, defend. Cf. PRAEMUNIRE.]
[By confusion.] = PREMONITION. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
The action of fortifying or guarding beforehand; a forearming. Now rare. E17.
Medicine. (The production of) resistance to disease due to the presence of the causative agent in the host in a harmless or tolerated state. M20.